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The videos start with Meloni announcing that he’s at “the world famous ‘Koa-chell-a’” a music festival “for those of you not in the know.” From end to end, Coachella is full of obscure metal sculptures and weird structures that seem to be there for no real reason other than the fact that they look kind of awesome, so Meloni hilariously felt inclined to point out the Ferris wheel, which is probably one of the only structures at the festival that serves an obvious purpose....

RELATED: The Best Basic Phones for Kids “In January, I started having trouble with my boys,” says Farnum. “I would not have gotten my kids phones, but my ex-wife went ahead and gave them phones. All of a sudden, instead of going out to the yard and playing ball, it became a struggle.” Farnum’s sons are 13 and 11 and they’re no longer in possessions of smartphones, but Farnum says the damage is done....

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Four-Pack The latest animated take on the classic green guys hits Nickelodeon fall. What does that mean? Toys, toys, toys! Start off with this basic assortment of dudes, which features each of the Turtles, plus their new weapons. The highly-detailed figs are fully articulated, and range from 3.25” to 5” tall. And the entire line of figures will feature new characters such as lead baddie “Baron Draxum” (voiced by WWE’s John Cena), and his awesomely-named number two, “Meat Sweats”....

Defined as distress in providing care for another person, compassion fatigue (sometimes called “empathy burnout” or “secondary trauma”) is an overwhelming feeling of simply not caring about others’ needs. It commonly occurs among health care providers. But during a time when a leisurely listen to the news or scroll through social media presents you with one horror after another, compassion fatigue can affect almost anyone. For those in charge of caring for kids, it’s a problem that needs to be recognized and addressed....

What Is Attention Restoration Theory? ART was introduced in the 1980s by University of Michigan psychology professors Rachel Kaplan, Ph.D. and Stephen Kaplan, Ph.D. They found that humans attend to the world in different ways depending on environmental input. Moreover, the costs of the ways we pay attention differ depending on the situation. According to William Sullivan, Ph.D., a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois, ART suggests two main types of attention....

Last month, Massachusetts became the first state to go through with it. A flu vaccine is now required for students to enroll in child care, pre-school, K-12 schools, and colleges and universities. Young Bay Staters who don’t get the vaccine by the end of this year will not be allowed to return to school, though religious and medical exemptions are allowed. Lawmakers in New Jersey and public health officials in Vermont are considering similar mandates....

Thierry Breton, the EU commissioner for internal market, tweeted yesterday that he had spoken with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings about transitioning from high definition to standard definition streaming, a move that could dramatically reduce the bandwidth taken up by its subscribers. “Commissioner Breton is right to highlight the importance of ensuring that the internet continues to run smoothly during this critical time,” a Netflix spokesperson told CNN. “We’ve been focused on network efficiency for many years, including providing our open connect service for free to telecommunications companies....

Avi Schiffmann is a 17-year-old from Mercer Island, Washington. He started the site all the way back in December, well before the disease had been detected anywhere outside of China. Schiffmann’s site aggregates data from reputable sources to create a quantitative picture of the pandemic. He explained his vision in a recent interview with Democracy Now! “The main goal of it was to provide just an easy way to see the straight facts and the data,” he said....

The project likely began amid quarantine, which makes sense because many of the more frivolous things in life, like spending an afternoon at a coffee shop, are no longer available to many people, and likely wasn’t available to her dad. “I’ve grown up watching my dad build amazing things around our house and for other people, he is truly an extraordinary builder,” Julianna Astrid, Ed’s daughter, told Newsweek in an article that covered the awesome craft project....

Gas prices have been on the rise for over a year due to the effects of the Covid pandemic on international supply and demand. OPEC slowed down on gas production during the early days of the pandemic due to dramatically decreased demand and was slow to increase production once demand increased, leading to moderate price increases throughout 2021. The significant increase came after the U.S. announced Russian sanctions in answer to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and gas prices increased 20% seemingly overnight....

Ditto Daryl Hannah’s buttcrack in the 1984 classic Splash. But apparently, some prudish monsters at Disney decided that said butt was too racy for the streaming service Disney+, so they covered it up. The new version has extra-long (super fake) digital hair covering Hannah’s ass like some kind of sentient tribble butt toupee from hell. Look. I get it. Disney+ needs to cast a wide mermaid-net. That’s fine. Covering up Daryl Hannah’s butt in Splash isn’t some terrible act of censorship, because I’d have to believe Splash was some sort of work of artistic genius in the first place, which I don’t....

Disney, a company that also seems eager to open their parks and get their “cast” back to work, still wants to open up around the world as responsibly as possible, per official statements, Right now in Florida, that looks like slowly opening sections of the park. The first section? The Disney Springs complex, a retail and dining area. Within minutes of the small portion of Disney World opening this morning, lines already took form in the Disney Spring complex as people went to eat and shop....

Does Vitamin C Help With Colds? In the 1970’s, Linus Pauling, a double Nobel laureate and self-proclaimed champion of vitamin C, promoted megadoses of the vitamin. He recommended the equivalent of 12 to 24 oranges a day to prevent colds and some chronic diseases, such as cancer and heart disease. And on one aspect, he was right: Science does support daily intake of vitamin C because, as a water-soluble vitamin, the body doesn’t store it easily....

In Tennessee, there have been many calls to take down a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a former KKK Leader and Confederate soldier, that has been in the capitol building of Nashville for over 40 years. While shocking that a statue honoring a bigot would be put up in the 1980’s, it shows just how complicated and complex the debates around these statues can be: after all, the vast majority of them were put up decades, or even hundreds of years, after the Civil War ended....

According to Fauci, as Santa Claus gears up Dancer, Prancer, and Rudolph to deliver Christmas presents, he probably has a lot on his mind but at least he doesn’t have to worry about contracting COVID-19! Fauci has claimed that Chris Kringle is immune to the virus. That’s wonderful news for Santa because traveling to millions of homes across the world to deliver gifts, drink milk and eat cookies could potentially be a super-spreader event....

That’s not to say there haven’t been attempts to engage men to take a more proactive approach to their health and wellness. But much of this has been geared toward optimizing their performance. That’s why erectile dysfunction and low testosterone have been a major part of these efforts, because they affect men’s ability to perform in bed, at work, and on the field. As a result, these are the concerns that might get men in to see their doctors and screened for more serious risks such as heart disease and diabetes....

Wade was not able to be at the parade due to scheduling conflicts, but he still managed to give Zion some major love by sharing photos of him with his wife, Gabrielle Union, and 17-year-old son, Zaire, on his Instagram stories. The proud father declared, “We support each other with pride” and wrote, “wish I was there to see you smile kid.” The posts received almost universal support from his 13 million followers but, of course, there were some trolls who criticized Wade for being a loving father to his son....

That last bit, “A Democracy better than the one we came upon,” is particularly striking because it’s a phrase that you don’t hear from President Trump, who was Cummings’s biggest adversaries at the end of his life. The President rarely looks forward, to the world that will be left for our children. He prefers to look back at the Democracy that came before and restore a way of life that is fetishized by his voters....

We fumbled through a variety of brands and methods for about six months. Meanwhile, we grew increasingly unsatisfied. It wasn’t that the diapers weren’t working — they worked great! — it was that our daughter spent three-quarters of her life with a giant encumbrance on her crotch. It just seemed kind of weird. We let her go naked as often as possible, but we were as yet not able to see outside the baby-equals-diapers box....